By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Programme Manager of the State Emergency and Child Intervention Centre (SEMCHIC), Dr Mala Abdulwahab has said that breast milk is a vaccine which has no substitute. Abdulwahab stated this on Saturday in Maiduguri during a roundtable discussion with journalists on exclusive breastfeeding....
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Dr Mala Abdulwahab, the Borno Programme Manager of State Emergency and Child Intervention Centre (SEMCHIC), has urged mothers not to believe any claim that there is substitute for breast milk. Abdulwahab made the call in Maiduguri on Friday during a roundtable with news men on exclusive breastfeeding, organised by...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has raised the alarm over the circulation of suspected counterfeit Augmentin 625mg Tabs in the country. The regularly agency disclosed this on Monday in a statement titled ‘NAFDAC Alert And Sensitization Of The...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to substandard cough syrups circulating in The Gambia, calling for vigilance. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Prof. Adeyeye...
The National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has warned against misleading advertisement of regulated products by manufacturers without the approval of the agency. The Southwest Zonal Director of the agency, Mrs Roseline Ajayi, gave the warning during a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday in Osogbo. Ajayi,...
Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operation Unit, Zone B, has intercepted smuggled items concealed in charcoal bags, as well as fake drugs and narcotics. The Comptroller, Albashir Hamisu, told newsmen on Thursday in Kaduna that 227 cartons of foreign spaghetti and couscous were concealed in charcoal bags by the smugglers...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a public alert on the decision of a U.S. company, Mars Wrigley Confectionery US, LLC, to recall some of its confectionary products. NAFDAC gave the notification in a public alert with No.034/2022, signed by its Director-General,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested a 32-year-old businessman, identified as Obinna Igbo, for allegedly importing fake malaria drug, Amanta Forte. NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, have intercepted over 1000 bags of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country through the Benin Republic border. The Acting Comptroller of the Unit, Hussein Ejibunu, stated this during a briefing on Thursday. Ejibunu said the rice with...
The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, says the agency has acquired new mechanical devices to further check substandard drugs. Professor Adeyeye said this in Abuja on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen at the unveiling of 73 new vehicles procured...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has been notified about the recall of five brands of male sex enhancement pills sold on Amazon. The public alert with No. 010/2022, signed by the agency’s Director General, Prof. Moji Adeyeye on Monday, that the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) on Monday said it has seized various brands of unregistered aphrodisiacs in Kaduna. An aphrodisiac is substance or drug that causes sexual arousal, brings on desire, or increases sexual pleasure or performance. NAFDAC Coordinator in Kaduna State, Mr Nasiru...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday banned the registration of alcohol in sachets and glass bottles below 200ml. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Moji Adeyeye, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday said the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has received items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packages of jumbo size adult diapers in a 40-feet container from officers of the Republic of Benin. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Hussain Abdulahi, revealed that the items...
The Federal Government on Wednesday destroyed over 1m doses of Astrazeneca vaccines donated to combat COVID-19. The Executive Director,National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Faisal Shuaib, led the destruction at Gosa Dumpsite, about 2km from the Idu Railway Station, Abuja. “We withdrew about 1,066,214, doses of expired...
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) in collaboration with National Agency For Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has neutralised and destroyed 260,000 litres of codeine containing syrup. Speaking during the inspection and demonstration of LASEPA’s Mini Effluent Treatment Plant ( ETP) in Ikeja, Lagos State Deputy Governor,...
BY ABU RICHARD, Nasarawa – The Chairman of the Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria (ATWAP) Karu local Government Chapter, Mr.Usman Sani Diggi has called on members of the association to always ensure that clean and hygienic water is given to consumers at all times. Mr. Diggi gave...
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday, granted a N10 million bail to a 43-year-old businessman, Afamefuna Udensi, charged with alleged importation of fake Tramadol. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant is being prosecuted by National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has uncovered ‘ghost’ sachet water factories in Yola, Adamawa state. Mr Gonzuk Nyor, the Adamawa Coordinator of the agency disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Yola, on Thursday....